if maidanas fist hits khans chin.

No doubt that Maidana landing once or twice flush on Khans chin and the fight is over but equally he is woefully slow and open and I would not be the most surprised man if Khan finished him early doors with three or four knockdowns.

Amir will box to orders but he will be so quick he will wobble Maidana in my view and then his natural instinct will take over and I think he can stop Maidana by halfway.

However my first statement still stands, Maidana is a big puncher, no one has even dented Kotelnik before and despite losing Maidana hurt him several times with his power.

Very good fight this one and if Khan comes through full credit to him and I hope he pulls it off.

 

If you have a bad chin, you have a bad chin. There ain't no changing that. People use Cotto as an example of going up in weight means getting better punch resistance, but he was really weight drained at 140. As far as I remember Ariza was saying Khan can make 135 easily, then the Kotelnik fight came along and he no longer makes it...
I'm certain if a puncher hits Khan clean on the chin, he gets knocked out. It's landing cleanly on him that's the hard bit. I don't see Maidana as the man to do it. Khan will still take a shot that he sees coming imo, as with any boxer you need to catch them with their guard down, chin up in the air, looking the other way... See Katsidis knocking Marquez down as a recent example. Khan won't do all these things anymore, especially against Maidana who I don't see being able to force Khan out of his shell and make him make mistakes.

 

This is no only about Khan's chin, it's also about Maidana's huge power (27 KOs in 29 wins). If he lands flush on Amir, he will be knocked out.

Khan needs to avoid him for 36 minutes in this 1. Otherwise he will lose. Is he good enough to do that? I'm not so sure. We don't have long to wait.

 

I had a dream last night. Amir got caught flush in the opening seconds and just smiled before taking Maidana apart. Oh well doesn't hurt to dream.

 

Khan will just set up him in traps when he gets too close. Majority of the fight Khan will be on the outside.

 

I read an interview with Kevin Kelly the other week there in which he described Maidana as the hardest puncher he has ever met (they sparred together). Which is remarkable considering Kelly's level of opposition.

So with that in mind, I think if Maidana lands on anyones chin they will be out.

For what it's worth I do believe Khan's chin has improved since he went up in weight. His body shape has changed as he has lost a lot of muscle from his top half, and distributed more evenly throughout his body.

Does this mean anything? Probably not, but I had a boxing coach once who was convinced that it was your legs that absorbed the damage from a punch, and as such he constantly had us doing leg exercises.

Regardless, Khan was a HUGE lightweight, stepping up in weight is bound to have given him slightly better resistence.

Either way, I expect Khan to stop Maidana inside 6. Maidana leaves himself way too open and will get caught from a quick sharp right hand. He will get up, like in the Ortiz fight, but Roach will have it drilled into Khan not to rush him and to take his time and dismantle him. But as stated above, Maidana is one of the hardest punchers in the world, if he lands at any stage it's curtains.

 

this fight could go many different ways. i've been thinking khan late tko or decision for a while, but considering how easily ortiz was catching maidana in their fight, i can see khan knocking him down a few times in the first 3 or 4 rounds and the ref stopping the fight (prematurely)

 

With the help of Alex Arizas conditioning, Pacquiao went from a guy who got hurt and wobbled by Marquez to a guy who took flush shots from Cotto and Margarito.

Khan now has the help of Alex Arizas conditioning so it wouldn't surprise me to see him made of steel.

We will find out because I'm sure Maidana will land clean at some stage.

 

Maidana could easily take Khan out with his huge punching at any time in the fight but i see Khan using his speed to take it on points......


Maybe:roll:

 

Khan will fight safe and just protect his chin with few flurries to win rounds.
Maidana will have to remain close and try walk through those shots and maybe clip khan..

Did malinaggi win any rounds against khan? Or even staggered him?

 

The problem with internet forums on boxing is that it's like the blind leading the blind at times.

Some clueless fan at some point decided that Khan's chin problem is because he is weight drained or that his body shape is wrong, and now that he has Ariza, has moved up in weight, and shifted bodyweight to his legs that it makes his chin better.....

It's utter shite and also based on a few comments by roach about Khan having poor balance and needing stronger legs. Chin is nothing to do with balance, or your bodys muscle proportion. It is what your born with and cannot be improved because there are no muscles there to strengthen or improve. You'll never see Roach ever saying that he has changed Khan's chin.

That doesn't mean he can't have a decent career using his new style of fighting behind his jab. He'll never be a fans favourite going in and going to war like Froch, but his hands are so fast that he just outbox the big punchers. Khan's problem will come when he faces someone who is not only fast but can also bang

 

Khan will not know what has hit him. He'll be going from fighting super feather-fisted guys like Paulie & Kotelnik to a real banger. He's getting knocked out, early. I have absolutely no doubt about it.

 

Manny Pacquiaos chin has certainly improved since he met Alex Ariza. Wobbled by Marquez and then taking flush punches from Margarito and Cotto...

The question is, was that improvement synthetically based? Or was it just a product of his rise through the weights and neglecting any dehydration at weigh ins, as most fighters do.